“I’m so visual, seeing colors and patterns whilst food shopping can be as inspiring as looking through art books or surfing the net,” said Moreira, talking about her varied sources of inspiration in an interview with the Little Citizens Boutique Blog. “I’ve become more nostalgic since I’ve become a mum, and my childhood in St Kilda is hugely influential- panel vans, hot summers on the beach, icypoles and Oz rock!”

But like most independent designers, it took Moreira some time to get to where she is today. Based in Melbourne, after studying Fine Arts, she lived and worked in Paris for six years. Establishing the Bride & Wolfe brand on her return to Melbourne, she sought to bring together her passion for art and European craftsmanship with the youthful irreverence of Australian culture.

Launched in 2005, her brand specializes in limited edition, hand-finished home pieces paying particular attention to design and materials. The ranges are designed in Australia and made in small quantities in collaboration with local Melbourne makers.

“I try to be aware of living in the present and enjoying each day, even the harder ones,” says Moreira.Take a look at some of her unique designs below:

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Based in Tokyo, Moureaux’s work was inspired by the layers and colors of Tokyo that built a complex depth and density on the street, as well as the Japanese traditional spatial elements like sliding screens. Handling colors as a medium to compose space, her wish is to evoke emotion through colors, with her creations ranging from art and design to architecture.

“In 1995, a week-long trip to Tokyo as an architectural student gave me the passion for colors,” she writes on her website. “An overwhelming number of store signs, flying electrical cables, and the fragments of blue sky between various volumes of buildings – it was the flow of staggering colors pervading the street that built a complex depth and density, creating three-dimensional layers in the city of Tokyo. I felt a lot of emotions seeing all these colors, and in that very moment, I decided to move to this city.”

“Inspired by the traditional Japanese spatial elements like the sliding screens, I began my exploration of ‘surface’ shikiri, gradually developing into thinner colors – ‘line’ shikiri,” she explains. Her exploration of the form of color through surface and lines ranges in scale, from a small art piece to architecture.

“I want to give emotion through colors,” she stressed, “whether it is architecture or an art piece. Through my creation, I want people to see colors, touch colors, and feel colors with their senses. The overflowing effects of colors in space will show that colors can give more than a space, but a space with additional layers of human emotion.”

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1. Pip & Pop

Pip & Pop is what one would imagine finding at the very edge of the rainbow. A colorful blend of sculptures, paintings, and installations, it’s the brainchild of Australian artist Tanya Schultz. “My work seems to have gotten more and more intensely colorful over time” she shared with Hot ‘N’ Gold magazine. “Sometimes I step back and think… oh dear, what have I done!? So much color it could make you fall over.”

2. Gilles and Cecilie

Much like Pip & Pop, artistic duo Gilles and Cecilie like to keep things colorfully messy, with their art (both personal and commercial) spanning across different mediums. From illustrations and murals to animation and environmental design, the Norwegian and French designers don’t shy away from color, attracting brands like Nissan, Diet Pepsi, and the Guardian.

3. Velvet Spectrum

Luke Choice (aka Velvet Spectrum) also sticks to vibrant colors, with his digital illustrations the very meaning of eye-popping. Aside from his illustrations, the Los Angeles-based artist also incorporates animation and typography into his work, with the end result both playful and unique.

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Inspired by Jungian therapy and creative exercises, Malavida also remains a way of self-expression as well as a tool to raise emotional intelligence and mental health sensitivity, claims her site. Whatever it is – it seems to work.

“Being a graphic designer in the first place, I’ve also always been drawn to abstract and experiments in general,” said Rainaud in an interview with the Ohh Deer blog. “As far as I remember, before creating Malavida, I started playing with textures and visual effects for my graphic design projects while I was in school. I truly wanted to, one day, be able to build my own identity, based on the things I like and the way I am as a person. This trippy yet dark vibe has always been a part of my life, so I guess that my style and designs had to convey these aspects, in order to stay as true to myself as possible.

“My work always has this tangible to digital dynamic,” she adds. “I usually start by working with a mix of different types of paints, inks, and materials to create a base movement and vibe. In this step, I’m not bothering too much with the colors or displacements to look perfect. The second step is digitalizing the artwork through a scanner or a camera, and then moving on to my favorite part, post-production. This third step is all about movements enhancements and adding all these signature vibrant colors. To achieve this effect, I usually work with algorithms, 3D software such as Cinema 4D and of course Photoshop.”

Fall down the rabbit hole:

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“I’m so visual, seeing colors and patterns whilst food shopping can be as inspiring as looking through art books or surfing the net,” said Moreira, talking about her varied sources of inspiration in an interview with the Little Citizens Boutique Blog. “I’ve become more nostalgic since I’ve become a mum, and my childhood in St Kilda is hugely influential- panel vans, hot summers on the beach, icypoles and Oz rock!”

But like most independent designers, it took Moreira some time to get to where she is today. Based in Melbourne, after studying Fine Arts, she lived and worked in Paris for six years. Establishing the Bride & Wolfe brand on her return to Melbourne, she sought to bring together her passion for art and European craftsmanship with the youthful irreverence of Australian culture.

Launched in 2005, her brand specializes in limited edition, hand-finished home pieces paying particular attention to design and materials. The ranges are designed in Australia and made in small quantities in collaboration with local Melbourne makers.

“I try to be aware of living in the present and enjoying each day, even the harder ones,” says Moreira.Take a look at some of her unique designs below:

The post Upgrade Your Living Room with Bride & Wolfe appeared first on PlayJunkie.

Based in Tokyo, Moureaux’s work was inspired by the layers and colors of Tokyo that built a complex depth and density on the street, as well as the Japanese traditional spatial elements like sliding screens. Handling colors as a medium to compose space, her wish is to evoke emotion through colors, with her creations ranging from art and design to architecture.

“In 1995, a week-long trip to Tokyo as an architectural student gave me the passion for colors,” she writes on her website. “An overwhelming number of store signs, flying electrical cables, and the fragments of blue sky between various volumes of buildings – it was the flow of staggering colors pervading the street that built a complex depth and density, creating three-dimensional layers in the city of Tokyo. I felt a lot of emotions seeing all these colors, and in that very moment, I decided to move to this city.”

“Inspired by the traditional Japanese spatial elements like the sliding screens, I began my exploration of ‘surface’ shikiri, gradually developing into thinner colors – ‘line’ shikiri,” she explains. Her exploration of the form of color through surface and lines ranges in scale, from a small art piece to architecture.

“I want to give emotion through colors,” she stressed, “whether it is architecture or an art piece. Through my creation, I want people to see colors, touch colors, and feel colors with their senses. The overflowing effects of colors in space will show that colors can give more than a space, but a space with additional layers of human emotion.”

The post French Architect Divides Space Using Colors appeared first on PlayJunkie.

1. Pip & Pop

Pip & Pop is what one would imagine finding at the very edge of the rainbow. A colorful blend of sculptures, paintings, and installations, it’s the brainchild of Australian artist Tanya Schultz. “My work seems to have gotten more and more intensely colorful over time” she shared with Hot ‘N’ Gold magazine. “Sometimes I step back and think… oh dear, what have I done!? So much color it could make you fall over.”

2. Gilles and Cecilie

Much like Pip & Pop, artistic duo Gilles and Cecilie like to keep things colorfully messy, with their art (both personal and commercial) spanning across different mediums. From illustrations and murals to animation and environmental design, the Norwegian and French designers don’t shy away from color, attracting brands like Nissan, Diet Pepsi, and the Guardian.

3. Velvet Spectrum

Luke Choice (aka Velvet Spectrum) also sticks to vibrant colors, with his digital illustrations the very meaning of eye-popping. Aside from his illustrations, the Los Angeles-based artist also incorporates animation and typography into his work, with the end result both playful and unique.

The post These Artists Draw Their Inspiration From ALL the Colors of the Rainbow appeared first on PlayJunkie.

Inspired by Jungian therapy and creative exercises, Malavida also remains a way of self-expression as well as a tool to raise emotional intelligence and mental health sensitivity, claims her site. Whatever it is – it seems to work.

“Being a graphic designer in the first place, I’ve also always been drawn to abstract and experiments in general,” said Rainaud in an interview with the Ohh Deer blog. “As far as I remember, before creating Malavida, I started playing with textures and visual effects for my graphic design projects while I was in school. I truly wanted to, one day, be able to build my own identity, based on the things I like and the way I am as a person. This trippy yet dark vibe has always been a part of my life, so I guess that my style and designs had to convey these aspects, in order to stay as true to myself as possible.

“My work always has this tangible to digital dynamic,” she adds. “I usually start by working with a mix of different types of paints, inks, and materials to create a base movement and vibe. In this step, I’m not bothering too much with the colors or displacements to look perfect. The second step is digitalizing the artwork through a scanner or a camera, and then moving on to my favorite part, post-production. This third step is all about movements enhancements and adding all these signature vibrant colors. To achieve this effect, I usually work with algorithms, 3D software such as Cinema 4D and of course Photoshop.”

Fall down the rabbit hole:

The post The Malavida Project Will Make Your Head Spin with Colors appeared first on PlayJunkie.